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Society Conference 2008

People and Place: Landscape and Identity through Time

Saturday 13 September 2008

University of Chichester (Bishop Otter campus)

I will be presenting a poster at this years Sussex Past Society Conference

The line up of speakers is fantastic!

Conference Programme

9.00 Registration and posters

10.00 Welcome address by Vice Chancellor Dr Robin Baker, University of Chichester

10.05 Introduction - Prof. Stephen Daniels, University of Nottingham.

10.15 What is landscape? - Prof. Matthew Johnson, University of Southampton.

11.00 Tea/Coffee and posters

11.30 London before London - Caroline Juby, Royal Holloway.

12.00 Neanderthals and their landscape - Dr Danielle Schreve, Royal Holloway.

12.30 Animalscapes and the Iron Age/Romano-British transition - Martyn Allen, SAS/ University of Nottingham.

1.00 Lunch and posters

2.00 Making and manipulating the past: early medieval identities in the landscape - Dr Sarah Semple, University of Durham.

2.30 Peasant voices in the landscape - Dr Richard Jones, University of Leicester.

3.00 Medieval parks, authority and access - Dr Amanda Richardson, University of Chichester.

3.30 Tea/coffee and posters

4.00 The meaning of house-names in Sussex - Dr Chris Lewis, Victoria County History.

4.30 Culturally-contested landscapes: the Long Man of Wilmington - Martin Brown, Ministry of Defence, Wiltshire.

5.00 Closing address: Prof. Brian Short, University of Sussex

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International Medieval Congress 2008

Session Details

Session:	105
Title:	The Black Death: Mortality, Building, and Art
Date / Time:	July 7, 2008 11.15-12.45
Sponsor:	Society for 14th-Century Studies
Organiser:	Chris Given-Wilson, St Andrews' Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews
Moderator:	Jeffrey S. Hamilton, Department of History, Baylor University, Texas
Paper 105-a:	The Black Death and Mortality: A Reassessment (Language: English) Paula Arthur, Department of History, University of Winchester Tom Beaumont James, Department of History & Department of Archaeology, University of Winchester
Paper 105-b:	The Black Death and Building: A Case Study (Language: English) Richard Haddlesey, Department of Archaeology, University of Winchester
Paper 105-c:	The Black Death and English Art: Further Reflection (Language: English) Phillip G. Lindley, Department of History of Art, University of Leicester
Abstract:	This session examines the impact of the black death on later 14th-Century England, ranging from mortality to art and architecture.

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